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A NOTE FROM RANDAL Aspertame vs. Snopes.com Sending Out Early

HERB/VITAMIN NEWS DHA May Help Diabetics

HEALTH NEWS Plant Compounds Keep Disease Away

FEATURED PRODUCT Cranberry & Buchu Concentrate

NUTRITION CHOICE Apple Recipes

HEALTH RELATED TIPS 09/21 Issue!

FEATURED RESOURCES Cattails For Dinner?

LAUGHING LINES Moses And The Computer

DON'T PAY RETAIL FOR QUALITY SUPPLEMENTS Buy at Member Prices from Nature's Sunshine

With it being September 11 tomorrow, I wanted to send this out early. I am planning to not send any ezines out tomorrow in honor of the one year anniversary of the attack on US soil.

Last issue, I mentioned a resource that points out the dangers of aspertame. I received a letter asking me to publish a contrary site to the previously published site. You can go here and look up the word aspertame to find a contrary opinion. Normally, I agree with snopes.com but not this time. I have researched many articles on aspertame and I believe it is a product that requires some warning related to its use. However, I did promise to print a contrary site and I wanted to fulfill that promise accordingly.

Until next time,

Randal

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DHA MAY HELP DIABETICS

Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, was found to improve insulin function in overweight individuals who are vulnerable to type 2 diabetes. This is based on results of a clinical study performed by researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Institute, Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, LA.

The results of prior epidemiological studies on Greenland Eskimos, a population that eats mainly whale blubber, had prompted the current research. These Eskimos are overweight people that scientists believe should typically have a higher rate of diabetes and heart disease, but they do not. The researchers that studied them concluded that this phenomenon was likely due to the Eskimos' diet, and determined that omega-3 fatty acid provided the necessary nutritional protection.

In the current study, 12 overweight men and women, aged 40 to 70, consumed 1.8 grams of DHA at breakfast for 12 weeks. While none of the study participants had diabetes, they all suffered from insulin resistance-a prediabetic condition in which the body fails to efficiently respond to insulin.

Blood tests, taken at the outset and at the end of the study, allowed the researchers to assess changes in each person's insulin resistance.

At the end of the 12-week period, the investigators noticed a positive change in insulin sensitivity. They found that while 70 percent of the subjects showed some improvement in insulin related function, 50 percent had a clinically significant change.

The overwhelming majority of diabetics have the type 2 form of the disease, in which the body's gradual failure to respond to insulin can cause blood sugar to rise to dangerous levels.

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CRANBERRY & BUCHU CONCENTRATE

Cranberry is an all-American fruit. Known by the white man since the earliest New England colonies, cranberries are said to have been on the menu of the first Thanksgiving meal. For a long time the cranberry was used as nothing more than food in the areas where it grew. As time went on, New England sailors found that if they ate cranberries they didn't get scurvy.

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I had planned to take up this column in this issue. However, my Uncle passed away Monday afternoon and I am pressed for time to get out there in time for the funeral. Please forgive me and plan on the next issue containing a new health related tip.

On the same note, I have only received one new ideas to write about. Please send in your ideas and questions.

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CATTAILS FOR DINNER?

Most people are familiar with the wild plant, cattail. The cattail is a vastly underappreciated food source. It is versatile and abundant, and this

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